Baking utensil



' Y R. LBARTQN BAKING UTENSIL Filed Jan. 19, 1935 Oct. 26, 1937.

Patented Oct. 26, 1937 g I UNITED 2.09am a s BAKING mansn I Raymond L.Bartonrltlonrovia, Calif.

-. A plication January"19,l935, Serial N 2,4 1 f 7 Claims.

This invention pertains-to a baking or roasting utensil, and to amethod; tbaklng carrled out inconjunction-therewith. v n

An important object of the invention is to pro- 5 vide in a device 01'the abovecharacter means for enclosing and cookingivegetablesas forexample; Irish or sweet potatoes, nutsorfioodstufl such as corn on thecob wherebythe same maybe kept free from a heated surface which might.otherll) wise endanger scorching the, article being cooked,

had at a-campflra'or one. fiamewithouthaving it contaminated withundesirable outside par: l6 ticles as the case would beii a potato wereplaced directly into the ashes,]in which event it would not besouniformly cooked;

An important object of the invention is to'prof vide, in a device or theabove characten 'means whereby the articlebeing cooked, as'ior example apotato, may be treated with'sea'sonin'g during r cooking without openingup n the heating com; partment' of the device. I l 7 means which, duringoperation, isj'mechanically held; against displacementlwith relationto'lsaid v s 7 arealsurr'ounding the potatothru the potato--35when'itlis" cooked'toa porous or iioury state.;, T I The'exteriorportion of the small spur 4| isround to permit it to turn in the bearingprovided 35 casing.

Aiurther important object is to preheat ing enclosure whereinjan articlemay be suspended in spaced relation to the walls of said enclosure andproviding the means ofsupport with vents whereby any excess pressurebuilt up in the surrounding area about the article is vented thru thearticle being cooked.

Also, an important object of the invention is to provide a device whichis particularly well 45 adapted for the-use of campers for bakingarticles in an open fire.

Yet another important object of the invention is to provide as anarticle of manufacture, an

unbreakable two-part shell having means for 50 supporting foodstuilinside thereof in spaced relation to its inner walls, having meanscommunicating from the outside wall to the interior of the potatoserving the purpose of vent means,

'means whereby seasoning may be introduced 55 after the potato hasbecome mealy and when the and atthe same time 'enablin'g'thefcooker tobe placed in a hot bed or coal sorashesh as might be.

article is baked constituting dishes ,fortwo wherein thearticle may beserved. ,1 V, J

1 Many other im'portant' objects may beaccrem ited to the invention,but, the foregoing will @su'lf fice to" establishthe.importancefand'newnessof 5 such'anarticle as a valuable culinaryadjunct, Q

i In the drawing containing preterred andrnodi-i' fledi showingsz s Fig.'1 is a perspective view withwailportlo'ns of the oven casing brokenaway to disclose;.j the l0 interior; construction, the wall structure asI viewed ffrom the side .i being. of .an' elliptical character;

TEIgLZ showsin perspectivei aniodif led two-parts,

casing structure, eachpart ofthe casingbeing 15 utillzable as aservingdish alter the cooking op eration has. been performed, 7 .j f-

In Figi, 1 the invention is embodied in casing 35', which is"elliptical. as viewed in, longitudinal mld-'section'. This casing isformedgjin two, slightly telescoping sections and 31,'the;cas1n'g'sectional having a shoulderedflip 3,8, which fits within" the otherwiseopen end [38a of the casing section .36.; form, of the invention isadapted for baking large potatoes one at ai time]. 25 A potato 39 isshown supported,in. spaced relationlto the'lwallsfofthe oven by mejan orva. large therefor by that end portion of. the casing; but the portionthereof which penetrates the potato 40 is pointed and poly qnal in crosssection. Said. spur 4| has a handle 4th whichlthe cook may grasp andthus test the extent to which the cooking has progressed. If the spur 4|turns easily it indicates that the potato has been softened considerablyby the action of the heat thereon, butif the spur resists torsionalforce it indicates that the potato has not yet become well cooked.

In Fig. 2 is shown a two-part oven easing which is elliptical in all itslong diameters, the top part or cover 44 and the basal part 45 havinglegs 48 and a come apart hinge stud 41 which cooperates with a hinge eyemember 48. This separable, hinge construction permits a complete.separation of the casing sections 44 and u for the purpose explainedlater. Opposite to this hinge construction the cover 44 has a handlingloop 40' 45. Said, end portion is flat where it meets the cover section.The opposite end portion of said rod is supported by a bearing lug II anotch It being formed in the cover section 44 to make room for the upperpart of the shaft at this point. A collar 51 is fixed to rod 52, saidcollar cooperating with the lug II to keep the shaft in its operativeposition. Shaft H is not only of a tubular character to a point near itspointed end, but is furnished with radial ports or vents 88. Olive oil,or other desired liquid dressing, may be introduced into the open end ofthe shaft 52 or spur M from the spout 60 of an oil can 6!, thusseasoning the potatoes after they have been baked.

Owing to the rod 52 being pointed at one end it may easily be projectedthru the potatoes preparatory to placing them in a position for baking.The spout 60 of the oil can should be small enough to provide for theinsertion of its discharge end within the open end of the tubu lar rod52 so that the liquid dressing may be forcibly fed into the interior ofthe potatoes. This may readily be done if the oil can is of the typehaving its bottom made of resilient springy sheet metal.

In using all the diflerent embodiments of the invention the oven may beinverted after the baking has been partially completed thus insuring amore uniform cooking of the potatoes or other food being baked.

,In all the embodiments of the invention portable oven casings are shownintended to be made ofmaterials which will withstand bakingtemperatures. .The two-part oven casing shown in Fig. 4 is furnishedwith legs a in its cover section, and after potatoes, for-example, havebeen baked in this casing, the two parts-thereof may be separated andeach used for a dining dish. This form of the invention is, therefore,particularly valuable for campers who can employ the device to cooktheir food over a camp fire spaced relation to the inside walls of saiden-.

closure, said means being provided with a vent to vent exteriorly theunoccupied area thru the foodstui! being baked when it reaches a porousor mealy state.

2. A potato oven having cooperating prongs whereby the potato issupported in spaced relation to the inner walls of said oven, and ventmeans for exteriorly ventingone of said prongs.

3. A potato roaster comprising parts forming a shell enclosure, meanscombining said parts as a unit, means for suspending a potato withinsaid shell away from the walls thereof, and means for exteriorly ventingthe area about the potato thru the potato during the baking thereof.

4. A roaster comprising parts assemblable for housing. matter to bebaked, and means projecting from the inside wall of said parts forimpaling the matter thereon, said means being provided with an openingextending from the outside of said parts and, terminating in the portionwhich projects into the matter.

5. A potato roaster, a prong supported by said roaster for holding thepotato away from the sides of said roaster, said prong being providedwith vent means whereby seasoning may beinjected into the potato whilethe same is being cooked.

6. In a portable oven construction, an elongated portable oven having ahollow impaling member fixed axially therein and opening out at one endof the oven, said member having lateral outlets to conduct a liquidseasoning substance to the interior of an article of food impaledthereon..

'7. In an oven construction, an oven casing, a fixed impaling membermounted upon and within said casing, and a turnable impaling membermounted upon said casing, said members being oppositely, positioned tosupport singly a potato impaled upon and between them, said turnablemember having a pointed portion which is polygonal in cross section topenetrate the potato a relative small distance as compared with thefixed impaling member, thereby providing for testing the extent to whichthe potato has become softened by cooking by twisting, by theapplication of torsional force to said turnable impaling. member.

RAYMOND L. BARTON.

